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A. G. SNELL.

GANOPY FOR GHILDRENS CARRIAGBS.

No. 398,667. Patented Peb. 26, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

CANOPY FOR CHILDRENS CARRlAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,667, dated February 2G, 1889.

Application filed December 14;, 1888.

ing drawings and the letters of reference marked. thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact 1 description of the same, and which. said drawi ings constitute part ot' this specification, and represent, i 1 iliigure l, a section of the caiiopy-l'raine, showing side view ol' the runner and notch in halt-vertical section, with the parts in the open position; Fig. the stretcl'rer and run.-

iner parts, each in vertical section detached, f

Fig. $3, a modification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that oi' canopies for childrens earriages which are in the form ol' an umbrellathat is, one which is composed of a notch with ribs hinged thereto and a runner with stretchers hinged thereto and to the ribs, and in which, when the umbrella is open, the runner rises to a point above the plane in which the stretchers are hinged to the ribs, and so that the reactive force of the cover upon the ribs through the stretchers tends to hold the runner in the up position, and in which no statt is employed, the runner in opening being raised until it` comes against a suitable stop near the notch, and so that by drawing the runner away from such stop the canopy or umbrella maybe closed. ln this class of canopies the notch and runner have been constructed to set one against the other or with projection from one to enter a corresponding recess in the other; but in the first instance there is a lialgiility for the runner to be thrown out of place, and in the second instance there is dil'iiculty in properly bringin the two parts together, so tliat they maybe firmly seated the one upon the other.

The object ot' my invention is to overcome this difculty and. provide in the two parts, each made ot' metal, means for insuring the two parts coming together and so interlocking when together that lateral movement oi the runner with relation to the notch is impossible; and the invention consists in the Ycw Haven and y Serial No. 293,612. (Nomade-1.)

i construction, as hereinafter described, and

particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the notch, to which the ribs B are` hinged in the usual manner. The notch is hinged 1o a suitable claniping-piece, C, ibove, by which the canopy maybe suspendcd-a common device in childrens carriages and not lnecesszuy to be particularly described. l-elow the notch is a downward cxtension, l), which is of tubular shape, its lower i cud expanded to form a flaring mouth, E.

lf represents the ruimer, which is ol usual forni, and to which the braces G are hinged in the usual manner, the said braces being also hinged to the ribs in the usual manner, as at li. The ruimer is constructed with a stud,l, projecting troni its upper end, made as an integral part thereof, the runner and the stretcher parts being made from cast metal. This stud l corresponds to the interior of the tubular extension D from the notch, and is adapted to enter therein, as represented in halt-section, Fig. l. The runner is also provided with a handle, J, by which to facilitate the opening and closing of the canopy.

The relation of the runner to the stretcher is such that when in the open or expanded position the ruimer will have taken the inner end of the stretchers to a plane above the plane where the stretchers are hinged to the ribs, as in the usual construction.

By constructing the runner with the stud l, as I have described, and the notch with a tubular projection into which the stud l may enter, it follows that when the parts are in the expanded position, as seen in Fig. 1, and the stud in place in the notch projection, no lateral movement of either the runner or stretcher can be made independent ot the other.

By making the` mouth opening' into the tubular extension D of the notch tlaring or ot' funnel shape it serves as a guide to direct the stud on the runner to its place, so that in opening, as the runner reaches a point near its full-open position, the stud will strike upon one side of the daring mouth and be thereby guided directly into its place, thus avoiding any attention on the part of the person opening it, as the stud will necessarily find its place or seat in the projection D, the

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extent of the inouth beingI equal to the greatk est possible Variation in the lateral Inovement which either the runner or notch may receive independent of each other. rFhie construction is extremely cheap, as the parts may be made from cast metal ol the finished shape, so that no appreciable mechanical manipulation is necessary in the completion of the parts, and the two parts are Substantially that I vdo not claim, broadly, a carriage 'canopy or umbrella having the notch and runner made in separate parts and without staff, as 1 such, l am aware, is not new; but

\-Vhat I do claim isln a carriage-canopy substantially such as i described, the combination of the notch A, to

which the ribs are hinged, and the runner F, to which the stretchers are hinged, the one constructed with a tubular projection, D, as an integral part thereof and terminating in a flaring mouth opening` into it, the other constructed with a stud, I, as an integra-l part thereof, corresponding to the .interior of the tubular projection D, substantially as described.

ADOLPHUS G. SNELL. Ti messes:

FRED C. EARLE, J'. H. SHUMWAY. 

